> AI agents: this is one page of Nextmove’s FDE site, in Markdown. Nextmove is a job board and free career service for forward deployed engineers (FDEs). Each posting is classified from its text, not its title: the kind of work, how much of it is production code, pre-sales weight, time at customer sites, travel, remote arrangement, level and posted base pay. The site also publishes the aggregates: median pay by level, metro, company and kind of work, and which companies started hiring FDEs each week. Every page under https://nextmove.md/fde is served this way; the index of pages is https://nextmove.md/llms.txt. # FDE and deployment jobs asking for forward deployed engineering experience in SF Bay Area on-site Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?background=forward-deployed-engineering®ion=sf-bay-area&work=onsite 16 forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs asking for forward deployed engineering experience in the SF Bay Area on-site, from 16 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $201,000 to $240,000. **16** postings · **16** companies · 11 state pay: median **$213,000**, half $201,000–$240,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Published October 10, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Uare.ai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/uare-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (U.S. Government / IL5)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b4730e997dcec701) San Francisco, CA · Los Altos, CA On-site 2w ago $130,000–$170,000 [Ascend](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ascend) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/31b6c47f72c5d05c) San Francisco, CA On-site 4w ago $170,000–$210,000 [Campfire](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/campfire) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f935f5733b809a63) San Francisco, CA On-site 5w ago $180,000–$220,000 [Halluminate](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/halluminate) ### [Member of Technical Staff - Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/eb88eb3f3b97061e) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago $215,000–$275,000 [Monaco](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/monaco) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7b17a63586ec69e2) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $200,000–$400,000 [Notion](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/notion) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, GTM, AMER](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e0e117d9b65f24c6) San Francisco, CA On-site 15mo ago $175,000–$240,000 · OTE [Maxima](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/maxima) ### [Deployment Engineer - San Mateo](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3321c5afac6894e6) San Mateo, CA On-site 1mo ago Pay not posted [Variance](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/variance) ### [Software Engineer, Agent](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5a38ffba49062e2d) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted [Nexxa.ai](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nexxa-ai) ### [Applied AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/43259435117e1837) Sunnyvale, CA On-site 4mo ago Pay not posted [LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain) ### [Deployed Architect, Professional Services (San Francisco)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7a189a2e2399498d) San Francisco, CA On-site 6mo ago $170,000–$300,000 [Cognition AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cognition-ai) ### [Applied AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/94e4c37ab2250de2) San Francisco, CA On-site 12mo ago $180,000–$225,000 [Cosmic Robotics](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cosmic-robotics) Leads the deployment team ### [Lead Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/eae406e36bd7303d) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago Pay not posted [Flow Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/flow-engineering) Leads the deployment team ### [Head of Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/37ce06f2fc048cbe) San Francisco, CA On-site 6w ago $240,000–$300,000 [Poetic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/poetic) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Forward Deployed Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f67c764ba3b6a1f9) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY On-site 9mo ago $160,000–$275,000 [Column](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/column) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [Deployment Strategist (Travel Heavy)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3554fedbed1bae4c) San Francisco, CA On-site 3w ago $150,000–$275,000 [Fulcrum](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fulcrum) Plans what the customer deploys first ### [AI Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3b39f64b68bac2bf) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago Pay not posted 11 of 16 build what the customer runs. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Fbackground%3Dforward-deployed-engineering%26region%3Dsf-bay-area%26work%3Donsite&placement=alert) New fde and deployment jobs asking for forward deployed engineering experience in sf bay area on-site go out by email once you have an account and set an alert. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do FDE and deployment jobs asking for forward deployed engineering experience in SF Bay Area on-site pay? 11 of 16 postings state a pay range. The median is $213,000, and half of them sit between $201,000 and $240,000, from 11 companies. ### How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs asking for forward deployed engineering experience in SF Bay Area on-site require? Of 16 postings, 13 state a minimum number of years, from 13 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 9 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (3) or under 3 years (1). ### Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs asking for forward deployed engineering experience in SF Bay Area on-site? These 16 postings come from 16 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Ascend](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ascend) (1), [Campfire](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/campfire) (1), [Cognition AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cognition-ai) (1), [Column](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/column) (1) and [Cosmic Robotics](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cosmic-robotics) (1). ### Are FDE and deployment jobs asking for forward deployed engineering experience in SF Bay Area on-site remote? 0 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 16 are on-site. Travel is mentioned in 6 of the 16 postings. Counted over the 16 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey. Employer postings · Locations cover the metro area, not only the city. The background is what the posting asks for in the employer’s own words. 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